OpenVPN settings for ASUS RT-AC5300 Merlin firmware 380.66_6

Alex061590Alex061590
in Other Devices VPN Setup
Hello, i recently purchased the new router to run my PIA VPN on it. So i flashed the router put merlin firmware then followed the stepping to add my VPN (used these steps https://helpdesk.privateinternetaccess.com/hc/en-us/articles/227852327-Setting-up-an-Asus-Router-running-Merlin-Firmware). I connect just fine but once i add my clients desktop's ip it kills all internet on the desktop. Stays connected the whole time though on the router. Any help would be appreciated. here's my settings. 


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  • Omnibus_IVOmnibus_IV
    edited July 2017
    What do you mean when you say you add your client's IP desktop's address? Are you referring to client as having a server/user relationship? Or a client that is paying your for access to your router?

    Your router is divided into 2 functional areas. The WAN side has the VPN connected to it. The LAN side is usually DHCP and assigns IP address to anyone that connects to this side. You might have a static IP address on the local machine (desktop) that does not conform to the network on the router's LAN side.
  • Alex061590Alex061590
    i'm saying the IP of my desktop (client). I've made my desktop a static ip but once i add it to the list to go through the vpn is kills the internet on the desktop (yes the vpn says connected). is that link i added for the settings still accurate?
  • Omnibus_IVOmnibus_IV
    edited July 2017
    I think what might be happening is your static IP address on your PC has a gateway of the router when there is NO VPN being used. So when you activate the VPN, there is a new gateway assigned by the VPN Server. Because of that, your computer is now "disconnected" from the VPN network because the non-VPN gateway does not exist anymore (theoretically).

    I would look at the configuration of your NIC adapter and see if you have a gateway that resembles your Static IP address.

    I.e. 192.168.1.40 is the PC / 255.255.255.0 is the MASK / 192.168.1.1 is the gateway. When you start the VPN, the gateway of 192.168.1.1 is closed and will not allow any data through.

    The solution would be to allow your router to configure your network setting on your PC so when the VPN is on, your PC will know how to route the data. That is the same as selecting DHCP on the NIC card

    Since I cannot see your NIC settings or route table, I could be incorrect in my assessment.
  • Alex061590Alex061590
    im new to this. his is my NIC settings. what do you need from my router?
  • Omnibus_IVOmnibus_IV
    edited July 2017
    After reading and re-reading your post and looking at your NIC details, I must logically say that my thinking is flawed. Where I am questioning the issue now is that you might not be connected. So the next question is how did you determine that "the connection is just fine"? Just asking because if the connection is good, there is no logical reason you cannot access the internet.

    So lets do this. From your CMD prompt, ping Yahoo.com.

    ping yahoo.com

    You should get a response
    Pinging yahoo.com [98.138.253.109] with 32 bytes of data:
    Reply from 98.138.253.109: bytes=32 time=79ms TTL=53
    Reply from 98.138.253.109: bytes=32 time=77ms TTL=53
    Reply from 98.138.253.109: bytes=32 time=73ms TTL=53
    Reply from 98.138.253.109: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=53

    Ping statistics for 98.138.253.109:
         Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
         Minimum = 70ms, Maximum = 79ms, Average = 74ms

    If you do not get that response, then just ping the IP address for Yahoo.

    ping 98.138.253.109

    Hopefully you will get a response. Let us know your results.
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